Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/b-ləj
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan
Etymology
- Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *blyid (Coblin, 1986)
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *b-ləy (Matisoff, STEDT); *b-ləy, *b-liy (Chou, 1972; Weidert, 1987); *b-liy (LaPolla, 1987; Benedict, 1972)
Numeral
*b-ləj
| Proto-Sino-Tibetan numerals | |
|---|---|
| ONE | *ʔit *kat *tjak ~ g-t(j)ik |
| TWO | *g/s-ni-s |
| THREE | *g-sum |
| FOUR | *b-ləj |
| FIVE | *l/b-ŋa |
| SIX | *d-k-ruk |
| SEVEN | *s-ni-s |
| EIGHT | *b-r-gjat ~ b-g-rjat |
| NINE | *d/s-kəw |
| TEN | *gip *ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj |
| TWENTY | *m-kul |
| HUNDRED | *b-r-gja |
| THOUSAND | *s-tawŋ |
Descendants
- Chepangic:
- Chepang: प्लय् (pləy-), प्लय्ज्योः (pləy.jyoʔ)
- Old Chinese: 四 /*s.li(j)-s/ (B-S), /*hljids/ (ZS) (“four”)
- (in the oracle bone script)
- Middle Chinese: 四 /siɪH/
- (in the oracle bone script)
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→ Japanese: 四 (し, shi)
Korean: 사 (四, sa)
Vietnamese: tứ (四)